Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 19: A meeting of District Executive bodies of PHE Employees Association (PHEEA) of Jammu district was held here at PHE Head Quarter of PHE (M) Division South at Gandhi Nagar to discuss burning demands of the PHE employees including release of pending wages.
The meeting held under the chairmanship of State president, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), J&K, Shiv Kumar Sharma, who is also the provincial president of PHEEA, Jammu province.
The speakers lambasted the authorities for not releasing the wages of daily wagers for last 20 to 24 months. The daily wagers are suffering severe financial hardships in the absence of salary, while the authorities are doing nothing besides giving assurances, they said.
The meeting discussed various demands of the Association including meeting shortage of staff in the department, holding DPC meeting as early as possible, change of designation of workers as per nature of working and enhancement of daily wages from Rs 150 to Rs 350.
Addressing the meeting, Sharma urged the Government for early release of pending wages of PHE workers. He also urged the Government to release 10% DA from January 2014, enhance medical allowance from Rs 300 to Rs 1000 and create technical posts from top to bottom to remove stagnation. The speakers also appealed the PHE employees to unite and come on one platform to get their demands redressed properly.
Those who spoke on the occasion were Vinod Kumar, Raman Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Radhay Sham and many others.
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